BILL NUMBER: ABX2 1	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        JULY 2, 2015

   An act relating to social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1, as introduced, Bonta. Medi-Cal: developmental services:
funding.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under
which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services.
The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal
Medicaid Program provisions.
   The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the
State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional
centers to provide services and supports to individuals with
developmental disabilities. Under existing law, the regional centers
purchase needed services for individuals with developmental
disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for those
services through other publicly funded agencies.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation establishing funding sources and mechanisms in order to
provide additional support for, and access to, Medi-Cal and
developmental services.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation establishing funding sources and mechanisms in order to
provide additional support for, and access to, Medi-Cal and
developmental services.